Bethenny Frankel, 52, shows off her toned physique in a colorful bikini… after Lala Kent accused her of ‘exploiting’ Raquel Leviss in controversial interview

Bethenny Frankel proved she’s unbothered by the controversy surrounding her bombshell interview with Vanderpump Rules star Raquel Leviss.

On Wednesday, the reality TV star, 52, took to Instagram to show off her incredible bikini body in a colorful two-piece suit.

She captured her physique in the bedroom mirror, posing with her legs crossed and her tight torso to the side.

For the first photo, Bethenny modeled on a pair of stylish sunglasses from her sunglass line, but later removed them to show off her makeup-free face.

She completed her swimwear look with a shiny gold bracelet on one of her wrists and a silver chain.

She had her long, dark-colored hair in a high bun for the bedroom photos.

Frankel’s first Instagram story of her donning the colorful and stripped back bikini resulted in several of her female followers DMing her asking where she bought the swimsuit.

That’s why the Real Housewives of New York City alum shared another provocative bikini selfie showing that the sexy suit was sold out, but with a link to her Shop LTK account, where followers could find and/or purchase similar swimsuits from other brands. .

“My exact bathing suit is sold out, but I found some similar options 👙,” Frankel wrote.

In a follow-up post, the brunette beauty rocked a stylish white bathing suit cover over her bikini and shared where her followers can get “similar options.”

Unlike the previous two photos, Frankel swapped her white-framed sunglasses for a pair of aviators.

Frankel’s sizzling bikini photos on her Instagram stories come a day after she shared a series of photos on her Instagram account of her enjoying a beautiful summer day on a boat with her 12-year-old daughter Bryn and friend Sarah Charlotte.

Cute girly summer… coming through…. ☀️FREE️. Mother daughter time.’ wrote the 52-year-old as a caption to her Aug. 22 Instagram post.

Bryn is Frankel’s only child from her second marriage to pharmaceutical sales director Jason Hoppy, which lasted from 2010 to 2021.

The 52-year-old was previously married to entertainment director Peter Sussman from 1996 to 1997. No children resulted from the marriage.

Frankel is currently engaged to film producer Paul Beron.

While she seems to be enjoying the rest of the summer season, Bethenny also faced adversity after releasing her candid one-on-one interview with disgraced VPR star Raquel Leviss.

Leviss found herself at the center of controversy after her months-long affair with co-star Tom Sandoval came to light in March.

Sandoval, 40, was in an active relationship with Leviss’ close friend and his nine-year-old girlfriend, Ariana Madix, 38.

Their castmates lashed out at them for the cheating scandal during the show’s three-part reunion on Bravo and Raquel ended up in a mental health facility soon after. She was fired in July.

While speaking to Bethenny, she downplayed her friendship with Ariana, but apologized to “hurt the people (she)” and blamed alcohol for her poor decision-making.

The reality star also hinted that the problems in Tom and Ariana’s nearly decade-long relationship were apparent even before she began an affair with him.

“I wouldn’t be involved in this affair, kind of a secrecy situation if I thought Tom and Ariana’s relationship was going to last,” she said. “The people closest to them can see that their relationship is not what they portray on camera. Tom always told me it’s a brand, an image… They’re business partners.’

She admitted that she was not “in love” with Tom, but felt that during their affair the couple did believe they were in love.

Her co-star Lala Kent called Leviss’ decision to leave VPR a “mockery” and accused Bethenny of “exploiting and manipulating” the star.

She said: ‘It’s a travesty that she didn’t come back in the end. She should have come back. I think she would have been very surprised. And instead she went on to do this (podcast with Bethenny) and she was manipulated again.

“There were things she said then that didn’t make sense. It was an outright lie and I can’t imagine you believe what you say.’

She slapped Leviss for sleeping with Sandoval behind Ariana Madix’s back, saying, “I don’t think reality TV is for everyone. It’s a very intense environment. If you are not that strong mentally, it can break you. That is certainly possible.

“Now to say that Raquel has been victimized by something, I don’t know. What I do know is that you’ve decided to sleep with your best friend’s partner for ten years.

‘You didn’t have to. No one forced you to do this and no one asked you to. It felt like Bethenny was really trying to push her in a certain direction.”